From: lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Boottime: A tool for automatic measurement of kernel/bootloader boot time
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:21:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121130082139.GA26023@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ1SRvZtUD7wUV4E41Vi7q6B9qGLvGPhMqx_Heoq7YwOkA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> > > +/* for automatic boot timing testcases */
> >> > > +#define ATAG_BOOTTIME 0x41000403
> >> > Where can I refer this ATAG usage? can you point out the reference URL
> >> > or patches?
> >>
> >> I assumed this would be in Mainline u-boot, but apparently not.
> >> On closer inspection of the internal ST-Ericsson u-boot, this
> >> functionality appears to be provided by patches which currently
> >> exist as delta. So in essence, the bootloader you use will have
> >> to be patched in a similar way for you to retrieve information
> >> surrounding bootloader boot times.
> >>
> >> And there was me thinking it was magic. ;)
> >
> > Okay, so I'm going through the motions of upstreaming this magic
> > now. Please see the link below for reference:
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=u-boot&m=135342273317337&w=2
>
> Given that U-Boot has bootstage, would it make sense to upstream that
> to the kernel? Some RFC patches were sent before this went into U-Boot
> to sound out the interest.
Right. As Simon and I have already discussed, I am pulling the
u-boot and kernel boottime components in lieu of bootstage.
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Lee Jones
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-30 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-15 10:04 [PATCH 0/2] Boottime: measure bootloader and kernel bootup time Lee Jones
2012-11-15 10:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] Boottime: A tool for automatic measurement of kernel/bootloader boot time Lee Jones
2012-11-15 10:16 ` Kyungmin Park
2012-11-15 11:25 ` Lee Jones
2012-11-15 12:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-11-15 17:31 ` Linus Walleij
2012-11-20 16:16 ` Lee Jones
2012-11-29 20:35 ` Simon Glass
2012-11-30 8:21 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2012-11-15 13:52 ` Andrew Murray
2012-11-15 14:37 ` Lee Jones
2012-11-15 10:04 ` [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: clksrc-dbx500-prcmu: Add boottime support Lee Jones
2012-11-15 10:15 ` [PATCH 0/2] Boottime: measure bootloader and kernel bootup time Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-11-15 10:35 ` Lee Jones
2012-11-15 10:57 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
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